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Am I legally responsible for property my ex-husband left at one of my family members houses 2 years ago?

Asked over 2 years ago - Washington

2 years ago my husband and 1 left 8 cases of wine @ my mother's house when we moved. Last year, my husband and I divorced. My ex-husband recently asked me to get the wine back from my mother the next time I went to visit her (she lives quite a ways away). When I told him that she no longer had the wine he got very angry and started quoting laws to me (property theft, etc.) and making threats to take me to court, sue me for the cost of the wine.

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Shawn B Alexander

Reputation Level 19

Answered over 2 years ago. Real Estate Attorney in Olga, WA.

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From the information in your question, it would appear that his arguement would be with your mother who had custody of the wine but without any pretext of why she should not consume the wine, as the price of storage after 3 years. Now I didn't hear whos property the wine was during the divorce settlement, such as the food in the fridge?

So he could sue but the burden of proof that you had control over his wine will be hard to shoulder.

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